VICP Registry — Searchable Index of U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Cases
An independent public index of decisions from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Source documents are compiled from public court records via GovInfo.gov. Browse cases by petitioner, alleged injury, vaccine, outcome, and award amount. Each entry links to original court documents and an AI-assisted summary. Not affiliated with HHS, VICP, or HRSA.
Filtered cases · 482 Cognitive / developmentalclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-15 | 2016-10-27 | J.T. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy, language and other developmental impairments | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-04-18 | 2019-03-20 | P.L. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry, and Knickelbein | – | meningococcal | autoimmune encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $45,705 |
| 2016-04-22 | 2023-12-19 | M.P. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.0y | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and transverse m | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $165,949 |
| 2016-04-29 | 2018-04-05 | A.H. | Christina M. Ciampolillo | Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | influenza | cerebellitis, neuropathy, and Guillain Barré syndrome ("GBS" | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $233,692 |
| 2016-06-16 | 2019-08-16 | Z.E. | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren, et al., PC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy, or in the alternative, fever, seizures, spee | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2016-06-30 | 2024-07-19 | E.A. | Michael G. McLaren | – | 16.0y | varicella | seizure disorder, cerebral injury, Major Neurocognitive Diso | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2016-07-20 | 2018-06-29 | A.C. | Howard Scott Gold | Gold Law Firm, LLC | – | DTaP | Mental Developmental Delay, Mixed receptive-expressive langu | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-07-22 | 2022-12-09 | Kaylon Tipps | John R. Howie, Jr. | Howie Law P.C. | 12.0y | Meningococcal and Tdap | meningoencephalitis | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-07-26 | 2023-11-20 | G.J.B. | Isaiah Kalinowski | Bosson Legal Group | 4.2y | Kinrix (DTaP/IPV); MMR; varice | afebrile seizures/epilepsy with stuttering, headache, altere | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-02 | 2024-03-28 | L.R. | Maximillian Muller | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.0y | MMR | anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (“anti-NMDAR”) encephalit | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-08-03 | 2017-01-06 | K.A. | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | DTaP, Hepatitis B, Poliovirus, | developmental delay and related injuries and a Table encepha | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2016-08-12 | 2019-10-29 | L.Z. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante | 9mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-11-29 | Ivana Phillips | pro se | – | 0mo | MMR | encephalopathy | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Phillips | pro se | – | – | MMR vaccines administered to s | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties allegedly foll | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Aprises Phillips and Ivan Phillips, Sr. | pro se | – | 1.5y | MMR | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-27 | 2019-08-27 | A.S. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 3.3y | DTaP | neurologic neglect syndrome, expressive language disorder, u | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-09-09 | 2018-01-22 | Vera Spearman | Howard Dale Mishkind | Mishkind Law Firm Co. L.P.A. | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $200,000 |
| 2016-10-26 | 2017-09-26 | T.G. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington Univ. Law School | – | Influenza | various behavioral problems | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-31 | 2017-10-31 | A.M. | pro se | – | – | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD); skin rashes; gliosis; seizur | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2017-09-18 | A.N. | pro se | – | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2022-07-19 | Tamara Chavez, Parent of T.C. | Patricia Finn | Patricia Finn, P.C. | 2mo | Pediarix (DTaP, hepatitis B, I | early infantile epilepsy/epileptic encephalopathy, intractab | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-14 | 2025-05-01 | Ebonie Weaver | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 9mo | DTaP; Hib; IPV; RotaTeq; hepat | seizure disorder and significant worsening of preexisting de | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,626,851 |
| 2016-11-15 | 2026-02-10 | N.S. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm LLC | 9mo | Hib | infantile spasms and related seizures and neurodevelopmental | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2016-12-07 | 2017-06-16 | C.B. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | infantile spasms (or West Syndrome) and developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-12-29 | 2022-07-07 | B.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer, P.C. | 2.0y | Hepatitis A | pediatric arterial ischemic stroke due to an inflammatory fo | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-09 | 2018-10-12 | BMA | Despite my concerns, Robert J. Krakow | at the conclusion of the conference | 1.0y | influenza | demyelinating brain injury, nerve damage, trigeminal neuralg | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-30 | 2023-12-15 | S.H. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | Pediarix (DTaP-hepatitis B-IPV | seizures leading to epilepsy | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-01 | 2023-07-28 | K.E.L. | Robert D. Trzynka | Hovland, Rasmus, Brendtro & Trzynka, Prof. LLC | 7mo | DTaP | epileptic spasms, global developmental delay, acquired micro | denied | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-02-08 | 2018-12-19 | Y.M.B. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | – | DTaP | encephalopathy | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $1,318,403 |
| 2017-02-09 | 2020-01-09 | A.W. | Timothy M. Kotfila | Kotfila & Jordan | 1.5y | influenza | ADEM or viral encephalitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-17 | 2023-10-27 | A.F.M. | Rick Alan Cory | Danks & Danks | 6mo | DTaP | epilepsy and epileptic encephalopathy | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-02-21 | 2020-09-01 | Payton Bergin | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | HPV | episodes of inability to walk and talk, short term memory lo | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-03-03 | 2021-11-29 | B.B. | Isaiah R. Kalinowski | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | 9mo | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) and/or neuromy | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $443,984 |
| 2017-03-09 | 2019-11-22 | D.R.-O. | Dennis W. Potts | Dennis W. Potts, Esq. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder and other injuries | compensated | – | – |
| 2017-03-21 | 2021-07-23 | L.K.B. | pro se | – | – | Hepatitis B | complex-partial seizure disorder and mental developmental de | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2017-03-28 | 2018-04-27 | E.L. | Christina M. Ciampolillo | Conway Homer, P.C. | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $130,000 |
| 2017-04-07 | 2018-04-12 | P.C.M. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | MMR | encephalitis and/or encephalopathy, developmental regression | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-06-06 | 2022-03-25 | J.M.G. | David P. Murphy | – | 5mo | hepatitis B, DTaP, rotavirus, | macrocephaly secondary to enlarged extra-axial cerebral spin | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-07-05 | 2021-11-23 | Christine Midnight | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | MMR, Tdap, varicella | encephalitis, speech-regression, blurred vision, and reduced | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-07-06 | 2018-08-03 | D.S.G. | pro se | – | 3.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-07-30 | 2021-12-03 | D.C. | Michael A. Firestone | Marvin Firestone, MD, JD, & Assoc. | 2.1y | influenza | autoimmune epilepsy, plus a number of secondary symptoms (an | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-08-25 | 2018-03-01 | E.A.L. | pro se | – | – | DPT | autism | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-08-27 | 2019-07-31 | K.G. | John P. Valente, III | The Valente Law Group | 5mo | varicella | disseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $955,276 |
| 2017-09-21 | 2025-11-12 | Tyler Hervey | Lisa Roquemore | Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore | 8.0y | live attenuated influenza vacc | acute cerebellitis / encephalitis-like neurologic injury | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2017-09-25 | 2021-09-09 | L.T. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTaP | hypotonic failure to thrive and developmental delay | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-09-27 | 2018-10-26 | Conor Brennan | Jessica A. Wallace | Siri & Glimstad LLP | – | HPV | immune mediated encephalopathy and/or autoimmune encephaliti | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-10-03 | 2019-07-03 | J.J.N. | pro se | – | 1.2y | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-10-05 | 2018-10-10 | R.G. | pro se | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-10-20 | 2019-07-15 | H.B. | Joseph P. Shannon | Shannon Law Group, P.C. | 8.0y | FluMist | encephalopathy and resulting developmental delays | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-11-06 | 2022-03-17 | K.B.H. | Nancy Meyers | Turning Point Litigation | – | Gardasil HPV | dysautonomia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POT | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-11-16 | 2018-10-25 | S.T. | William Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffe, P.C. | – | DTaP | epilepsy, seizures, developmental regression and delay, and | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2023-11-27 | A.J.K. | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 1.0y | MMR | posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy or stroke, seizure | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2025-09-02 | T.B.D. | Armond Marcarian | Marcarian Law Firm, P.C. | 2mo | Pentacel (DTaP/IPV/Hib), hepat | acute/chronic encephalopathy; hypersensitivity myocarditis; | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-12-01 | 2022-03-15 | Lauren Wilkins | David C. Richards | Christensen & Jensen, P.C. | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $136,802 |
| 2017-12-15 | 2018-12-13 | A.C. | J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | 6mo | unspecified | infantile seizure disorder | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2017-12-20 | 2019-04-09 | J.B. | Jeffrey A. Golvash | Brennan, Robins & Daley, P.C. | – | DTaP | febrile seizures and/or encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $50,864 |
| 2017-12-26 | 2019-02-26 | H.G. | pro se | – | 6mo | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-02-05 | 2023-10-31 | A.S. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | DTaP; hepatitis B; IPV; Hib; P | Kawasaki disease, encephalopathy, and seizure disorder alleg | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $15,000 |
| 2018-02-27 | 2024-10-01 | L.S. | Scott B. Taylor | Urban & Taylor, S.C. | 6.0y | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-03-09 | 2022-03-29 | Jacob Booth | Bridget C. McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2022-08-31 | C.C. | Leigh Finfer | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.5y | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2024-03-25 | A.V. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 6mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-04 | 2023-08-03 | C.G. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm | 8.0y | varicella | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-06 | 2021-03-04 | P.L. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 3mo | DTaP | encephalopathy and seizure disorder | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-04-25 | 2019-02-14 | A.R.K. | Yuri Jelokov | Farrish Johnson Law Office | 1.2y | Pentacel | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-04-25 | 2019-08-02 | A.M. | Mark T. Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 1.5y | MMRV | Table Encephalopathy | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-06-26 | 2019-03-18 | I.S. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | pneumococcal conjugate | seizures and an encephalopathy | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2018-07-11 | 2025-04-25 | LUKAS BUNDONIS | Kathleen Margaret Loucks | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | – | Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B | autoimmune encephalitis | unclear | – | – |
| 2018-07-30 | 2022-06-27 | M.A.M. | Forrest E. Jackson, Delay Forrest E. Jackson | Jackson Law Firm, PLLC | – | DTaP | seizures and/or developmental delay | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2018-08-14 | 2020-06-24 | M.G.M. | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia Finn | – | DTaP | neurologic injury, evidenced by her seizures and causing her | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2018-09-06 | 2024-02-20 | A.P. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb Attorney at Law | 4.0y | MMR | Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2018-10-04 | 2024-02-27 | K.S.J., Jr. | R. Christopher Irwin, III, Julius Vincent Cook | Cook & Tolley LLP; Cook & Tolley, LLP | 1.1y | MMR | biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTRBGD) tr | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,616,572 |
| 2018-10-19 | 2025-02-21 | A.G.C. | Ramon Rodriguez | Siri & Glimstad LLP | 5.8y | influenza | seizure disorder | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2019-01-11 | 2020-10-21 | S.C. | Michael A. London | Douglas & London, P.C. | 2mo | DTaP; hepatitis B; rotavirus; | alleged vaccine reactions, reflux/GI issues, rash, seizures/ | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-01-16 | 2025-06-24 | R.D. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Mctlaw | – | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $95,000 |
| 2019-01-23 | 2021-11-03 | Steven E. Ovenden | Thomas W. Costello | Costello, Valente & Gentry | – | influenza | encephalitis and cerebral venous thrombosis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $65,000 |
| 2019-02-07 | 2022-10-19 | ZJ | Andrew D. Downing | Downing, Allison & Jorgenson | – | Pediarix | encephalopathy | unclear | – | – |
| 2019-02-12 | 2025-05-14 | WCF | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | 9mo | hepatitis A | anti-NMDAR encephalitis | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2019-02-28 | 2024-08-08 | K.M. | Brian L. Cinelli | Schiffmacher Cinelli Adoff LLP | 1.0y | Hib | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-03-18 | 2019-04-26 | C.T. | pro se | – | 0mo | Hepatitis B | status epilepticus, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, ence | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2019-03-26 | 2020-02-21 | O.S.S. | pro se | – | 1.0y | pneumococcal | expressive developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-04-03 | 2020-06-16 | I.N. | Bruce W. Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | MMRV | non-epileptic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, general seizu | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2020-06-12 | E.B.G. | Milton Clay Ragsdale | Ragsdale LLC | – | meningococcal | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2021-06-10 | J.H.S. | Brian Cinelli | Marcus & Cinelli, LLP | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2019-05-02 | 2020-10-07 | E.H. | Shealene Priscilla Mancuso | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | Tdap | encephalopathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-05-21 | 2020-02-19 | J.N.H. | Michael Avrim Firestone | Marvin Firestone, MD, JD and Associates | 13.0y | Tdap | autoimmune encephalitis and/or a significant aggravation of | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-05-28 | 2025-03-28 | S.D. | Bridget Candace McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-05-30 | 2025-05-07 | J.H. | Anne Toale | Mctlaw | – | MMRV/DTaP | Table encephalopathy, or alternatively, an off-Table injury | unclear | – | – |
| 2019-07-05 | 2022-04-26 | K.A. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | 1.1y | varicella, MMR, hepatitis A, H | encephalopathy, encephalitis, and audio neuropathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-07-08 | 2020-02-10 | D.A.N.B. | pro se | – | 1.2y | childhood vaccine series inclu | torticollis, global development delay, and autism spectrum d | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-08-02 | 2025-07-31 | J.W. | Jessica Wallace | Siri & Glimstad, LLP | 2mo | DTaP | epileptic encephalopathy with residual seizure disorder and | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-08-06 | 2020-05-05 | S.S. | William B. Hicky | William B. Hickey, Attorney at Law | – | DTaP | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-08-16 | 2023-01-18 | BRYAN PAUL | Jessica Wallace | Siri & Glimstad LLP | 1mo | meningococcal | encephalopathy and residual seizure disorder | unclear | – | – |
| 2019-09-23 | 2024-02-27 | L.C. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $721,446 |
| 2019-10-01 | 2024-08-14 | ELIZABETH ALLEN-SCOTT, Parent and next friend of V.S., a minor | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | – | – | seizures and developmental delay | unclear | – | – |
| 2019-11-05 | 2024-02-21 | A.Z. | Jeffrey S. Pop | Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates | 1.6y | influenza; hepatitis A | Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $141,382 |
| 2019-11-12 | 2025-10-14 | K.N. | Vanessa Lee Brice | Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter | 6mo | DTaP; Hib; Prevnar 13; IPV; ro | seizures and resulting developmental/language delay | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-11-15 | 2023-11-08 | K.E. | Jonathan Joseph Svitak | Shannon Law Group; Shannon Law Group, P.C. | – | varicella | varicella-strain virus and related sequelae as well as vacci | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $141,681 |
| 2019-12-12 | 2021-10-06 | R.J. | Bridget C. McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $62,808 |
| 2019-12-17 | 2023-08-01 | P.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer P.C.; Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | DTaP | post-vaccine encephalopathy | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | $74,000 |